Staff & Executive Committee
Peter Christensen, Ani & Mark Gabrellian Director, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs, School of Arts and Sciences, Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities, Department of Art and Art History
Mehmet Karabela, Interim Associate Director, Visiting Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies
Jennie Gilardoni, Assistant Director of Programs
Stephanie Train, Administrative Coordinator
2026-2027 Executive Committee
- Maya Abtahian, Linguistics
- Anu Ahmed, Anthropology
- William FitzPatrick, Philosophy
- Karma Frierson, Black Studies
- John Givens, Modern Languages and Cultures
- Aaron Hughes, Religion and Classics
- Mical Raz, History
- Sarah Hagaman, Medical Humanities, SMD
- Honey Meconi, Music
- Stefanie Dunning, English
- Darren Mueller, Eastman School of Music
- Allen Topolski, Art and Art History
- Timothy McGeary, Andrew H. and Janet Dayton Neilly Dean, University of Rochester Libraries, ex-officio
- Samuel Thomas, Dean, School of Arts and Sciences, ex-officio
Humanities Project Subcommittee
- Darren Mueller
- Tanya Bakhmetyeva
- Peter Christensen
- Bill FitzPatrick
- Mical Raz
- Allen Topolski
Fellowship Subcommittee
- Aaron Hughes
- Tanya Bakhmetyeva
- Peter Christensen
- Honey Meconi
- Sarah Hagaman
- Anu Ahmed
- Karma Frierson
- Stefanie Dunning
Meliora Scholars Mentors
- Maya Abtahian
- Tanya Bakhmetyeva
- Peter Christensen
- John Givens